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title: Editing settings for a scenario
slug: editing-settings-for-a-scenario
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createdAt: 2023-03-30T19:34:41.000Z
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After you’ve created your scenario, you can go back and edit the scenario settings (for example, name and description). You can also adjust the dates of your scenario.

![Edit scenario](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/CXAjUAezd9VEEVQBIYmdw/IzQim0BMn0GPE9Tj0dRue_editscenario.png)

### Edit scenario settings

To edit scenario settings, you must be the scenario owner and your scenario must have a status of In Progress and a review status of **Open**.

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For more control over how your scenario changes are affected by adjustments to scenario dates, use the **Adjust dates** option. [Learn more.](https://docs.charthop.com/editing-settings-for-a-scenario#_3sOi)
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To edit the settings of your scenario:

1. From the left sidebar, select **Planning**.
2. Navigate and open the In Progress scenario you want to edit.
3. On the top right corner of your scenario, select the **Actions** ▼ dropdown.
   - When scenario approvals are required for your organization, select the **Submit for approval&#x20;**▼ button instead.
   - You cannot edit scenarios that are currently under approval review.
4. Select **Edit scenario details**.
5. Edit your scenario settings.
   - **Scenario name** - The name of the scenario (for example, Q4 Hiring Plan).
   - **Start date** - The date when the changes proposed in the scenario are intended to go into effect. This can be either the current date or an exact date. 
   - **Description** - A description of the scenario.
6. Select **Save** to save your edits.

### Adjust the dates of a scenario

You can make adjustments to the dates of your scenario after you’ve created it. 

To adjust scenario dates, you must be the scenario owner and your scenario must have a status of In Progress and a review status of **Open**.

![Adjust scenario dates](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/CXAjUAezd9VEEVQBIYmdw/QKTT2N2Ir6m2HSiCbCVym_scenarioadjustdates.png)

To adjust the dates for your scenario:

1. From the left sidebar, select **Planning**.
2. Navigate and open the In Progress scenario you want to edit.
3. On the top right corner of your scenario, select the **Actions** ▼ dropdown.
   - When scenario approvals are required for your organization, select the **Submit for approval&#x20;**▼ button instead.
   - You cannot edit scenarios that are currently under approval review.
4. Select **Adjust dates**.
5. Enter a new start date for your scenario. 
   - This is the date when the changes proposed in the scenario are intended to go into effect. 
   - The **New start date** field defaults to the current date.
6. Select how the new date is applied to the changes in your scenario:
   - Select whether dates are adjusted only for scenario changes prior to the new start date you entered.
     - When you select the **Only changes prior** option, all changes in the scenario are adjusted to the new start date.
   - Select whether dates are adjusted equally for all changes in the scenario.
     - When you select the **All changes in scenario** option, you can enter a number of days to adjust scenario changes forward.
     - All changes are updated by the number of days you enter. For example, when you enter 3 days, a scenario change with a date of 04/10 and another scenario change with a date of 04/12 are both adjusted to 04/13 and 04/15 (+3 days). 
7. Once you’re done making adjustments, select **Adjust dates**.
8. Select **Close** once all dates have been adjusted.
   - The Date column in the Changes tables of your scenarios reflects the adjusted dates.